A westerners experience in Saudi? A research project, please answer the questions?
A westerners experience in Saudi Arabia is a research project I'm doing got my writing class as a investigative report. So please help me with answering these questions here or emailing me, I would really appreciate it!
Interview Questions (please elaborate and explain):
1. Where are you from? Age, personal status (single, married)?
2. Why are you residing in Saudi Arabia?
3. What compelled you to make that decision and come to KSA?
4. Did you have any fears, reservations and stereotype about Saudi? Do you still have those fears?
5. What are the main difficulties that arose once you arrived?
6. What has been positive about your experience?
7. Do you live in a isolated compound? Why?
8. Do you socialize with Saudi’s?
9. What’s the main lesson you have learned while you are in Saudi?
--- Thank you for your time!
Anonymous2008-11-24T15:02:57Z
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1. Where are you from? Age, personal status (single, married)? USA, 21, Married 2. Why are you residing in Saudi Arabia? Because I'm Muslim 3. What compelled you to make that decision and come to KSA? I wanted to live in a good Muslim country where I could raise my kids without being afraid of them being contaimenated by Western Ideals and my culture. 4. Did you have any fears, reservations and stereotype about Saudi? Do you still have those fears? Yes, and yes. 5. What are the main difficulties that arose once you arrived? Getting used to the customs and culture 6. What has been positive about your experience? Abha is pretty and can see Mecca whenever I want. 7. Do you live in a isolated compound? Why? No 8. Do you socialize with Saudi’s? No 9. What’s the main lesson you have learned while you are in Saudi? Don't do anything to label yourself American
uhmm, well I'm not really from the far west but Africa is considered west of saudi arabia lol.
1. Africa,15, single (Obviously) 2. I was born here 3. N/A 4. Yep, they're seriously retarded, and the biggest problem is they're stereotyped as muslims lol, I mean I was born and raised muslim but saudis are really a retarded version of muslims, and I back this statement up by the following. First God or Allah or whatever you like to say, didn't say kill non-muslims (well he said but that was like 1400 years ago, so it doesn't apply), Second, he didn't say the women should be separated from men and all that crap saudis do, he just simply stated that no man or woman or in my case teens of the opposite sex should stay together alone in a secluded place, I mean it's cool to be with someone in an open/public area. Third, they're really a bunch of retarded assholes.
5. hmm, Well it's not having civilized people to speak to and hangout with. I don't even speak arabic that well.
6. nothing I just learned that they're dumb and retarded.
7. no I don't I live with my parents and siblings in an apartment.
8. no, I don't, because as I have stated before they're dumb retards.
9. Actually nothing (other than that they're dumb retards).
I think I said dumb retards like 5 times lol, they had it coming.
1. USA, TExas, 32, married (lady) 2. husband lives, works, and born in Saudi, so I followed 3. to be with my husband 4. no fears, no reservations, n sterotypes.. and dont have any fears now. (I came with an open mind) 5. language and not being able to drive 6. the generosity of the culture here, the moral fiber of family life here 7. live in a villa/house in mainstream saudi residental area of town 8, yes. cause some of my relatives are Saudi's.. but also socialize with many in town now that ive made loads of friends 9. learned a bit of arabic..(still learning, seems hard to learn language as an adult)
4.Yes i had before. Now they are gone. Riyadh is not bad place to live
5.Women can not drive the car. Have to wear abaya while outside the house.
6.Very cheap country for living. Easy to save ( we came from UAE)
7. We have 3bdr apartment Do not like compounds as I had experience living there in UAE- do not like feel myself like in a teen-camp
8.My husband has got some friends and colleagues. The socializing is visiting each other during week ends.In Saudi house, by the way, ladies are sitting separately from men in their own saloon.
9."Devil in reality is not as much thrilling as the pictures about him"
1. 55 UK Married 2. Working here 3. Money 4. No 5. Language 6. Meeting many different nationalities 7. No. 8. Occassionally for coffee, watch football. 9. Not to treat people from 'the 3rd world' as second class citizens '